Work burnout is one of the main problems in the tech industry of the Bay Area
Silicon Valley is famous for providing employees with various perks like an on-site gym, childcare, transportation, cellphone bill reimbursement and free meals on top of providing amazing, state-of-the-art office workspaces. This is one of the ways they use to attract and retain bright and the best talent.
Talented engineers who are seeking employment in the tech industry often aim to work at prestigious, high-paying firms that also provide good healthcare, retirement, and other benefits. Little that they know that most of these tech companies encourage long hours and sometimes require unreasonable high levels of productivity.
Almost a third of San Francisco workers say that they are burned out. Twenty nine percent of workers in the Bay Area reported that they work extremely long hours. High cost of living and long commutes due to the common heavy traffic are also known to be one of the reasons to blame.
Blind, a message board app created for employees to talk about work anonymously, surveyed over 11,000 employees at 30 biggest tech companies to find out how many people are burnt out. The results came out as a whopping 57.16% of tech employees who said they were feeling burnt out by their work.
The list that tops employees reporting that they are suffering from burnout are Credit Karma with 70.73%, Twitch with 68.75% and Nvidia with 65.38%.
In a statement provided to BI, a Credit Karma spokesperson mentioned that the survey that they ran internally gave different results. Here what they said:
The data between the two sources Credit Karma and BI varies, one is internal and the other is external. It would be interesting to know what results Credit Karma came out with internally.
If you are feeling burned at work, find out what you can do to get out of this condition. Try to take action by evaluating your options, seeking support, trying relaxing activity, getting some exercise, trying to get some more sleep or focusing on mindfulness.
